Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-01-26
SHERiRf'S PROCLAMATION.
FoR SPECIAL ELECTION IN MEDICINE
LODGE TOWNSHIP, BARBER COUNTY.
KANSAS

FoR A SPECIAL ELECTION IN MEDICINE
LODGE TOWNSHIP, BARBER COUNTY.
KANSAS.
To u,e IOters Of Medicine Lodge 10lcn-
shin.
MTHEREAs. on the 18th day Of January. A.
W d., leS7. the Board eft County Commits
siOner- Of Barber county state of Kansas be-
inz convened in Special Session, in the Office
OF the county clerk OF ryti county. the city
or Medicine Lodge. the cOunty-scat Of said
county. pursuant to the statutcs in such case
made aud provided, did make and enter on
record tle following order, tO-wit:
Whereas, petition, signe by l.. NJ. Axline
and two hundred and thirty-three OF ers, be-
Ing more than twO-iifhs of the resident tax
payers of Medicine Odge township, Barber
county, state OF kanses, was. on this. 18th DAY
OF January, A. D., 1877. presented to the Board
OF County commissioners of said county, there
being present W. W. Cook, Chairman of said
Board, and John McGrath and }. ID. Fleming
members thereof. and X. j. Taliaferro, county
said Board, which said petition, with the sigma
lures thereto omitted, is in the words and fig
ures following, tO-wit:
RAILROAD BOND PETITION.
To Tic Honorable Board Of County Com
nlissiOners Of Tie County Of Barber, in
Tie State OF Kansas
The undersigned, being more than two-fifths
of the resident taxpayers of Medicine Lodge
township. of the county of BARGE. in the state
OF Kansas. respectfully pray your honorable
l
township proposition To subscribe Thirty
Thousand Dollars to the capital stock OF the
kansas ana Panhandle Railroad Company, u
corporation created and existing u3der and by
virtues Of the laws of the state of Kansas, which
proposes to- construct line of railroad into
and through said township. And that in pay
ment for said subscription Ot satd stock, bonds
of said township shall he issued in sums of One
Thousand Dollars each, payable in Thirty
Years from date Of issue, With interest payable
scmi-annually, mt the rate of six per cent. per
annum, on the fret day of January and the
first day of July of each and every Year, until
said principal shall become due; and said bonds
shall have attached thereto, scmiaunual in
tereSt coupons: and tic said bonds (both prin-
cipal and INTEREST," shall bc lyaDlc at the fiscal
agency OF the state Of Kansas. in the city OF
New York. in the state of New York.
And the conditions on which said subscrip
ton TO the capital stock shall Ice made. are,
that the said railroad company shall construct
and operate and maintain said railroad of
standard gauge, from some point ON the north
or east side of said township, and running
thence through said t.wnship, and have the
same In operation on or before the 3lst day of
December, A. D., 1885,; ana erect ana maintain
2 depot and station in said township. as fol
lows, tC-Nit: Within th:ec-fOIrth5 90 of
mile OF the crossing OF Ma n street and Kansas
avenue, in the ;ity of Medicine Lodge.
And we further pray that you order special
electQl, TO bc held in said township. IL Fur
suance .. chapter 1j1 Of the laws oi 1875, aad
the acts of the legislature of the state OF Kan
sas, amcndatory thereof, to vote upon the
question OF subscribing for said stock, IA afore
said And the form of the ballots tn be used
at such cle0tiol, and tor such proposition. be:
For Subscription TO Stock of the Kansas
and Panhandle Railroad Company"
And those against such proposition to- be:
Against Suisse iptiOn To Stock of the Kan
sas and Panhandle Railroad Company
And whereas, said Board of County Commits
sioners have examined said petition. and IL
having been shown To the satisfaction of said
Board that said petition has been signed by
more than tNvO-flfths of the resident tax-pay-
erS in said township, and Il la the form pre-
scriDed by law; and Is in al respects regular
and legal, and said Board so finds and de
clarcs.
Now, therefore, pursuant to the prayer of
said petition, and the statutes i'm such case
made and provided. 10 is hereby ordered 10y the
Board of County Commissioners of SAID coun-
~, That special election he held at the us
uhl voting place in said Township on
MONDAY, THE 2lsT DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1857.
ut which said election the proposition set forth
In the hcreinbcfOre recitcu pCtitOn-which pc
titiOn, with the signatures thereto omitted, il
hereby made part of this urdcr-Shall tie sub
mitted 10 the legally qualified voters of said
township, for their decision by ballot
And IL is further ordered by said Board of
County Ccmm.ssi, ncrs that the sheriff of said
county, make due proclamation TO the voters
OF said township. of the holding Of said cleo
ton at the time and place aforesaid, by pub
llshing the same for 30 days or more next pre-
ceding the day of holding said election, i'm
some n 'wspnpcr. published in said county, aud
having a general circulation in said township,
and that IN said proclamation, said sheriff set
forth the above aud foregoing order, and
In witness whereof, we, the undersigned
chairman and members of the Board of Coun-
~ Commissioners. of the county of Barber,
state OF Kansas have hCreunto, set our hands
IA chairman and members aforesaid. at the
county seat Of said county, this 18th day of
January, y. d. 1887.
W. W. Cook, Chairman,
JOHS MCGRATII, Commissioner,
j. ID. FLEMING. Commissioner.
As attest, my signature and seal Of said Bar
Der County, hereto affixed this 18th day of Jan
uary, A. ID. 1887.
lSEALl. ROBERT j. TALIAFERRo,
County Clerk OF Barrier County, State of Kan
sns.
! Now therefore, I, Charles d. Nelson. sheriff
/ of Barber comfy, Kansas, under and ny Vir-
/ tue of the foregoing order of the Board of
County commissioners, of sa!d county. and
| the authority in me vested by law as such
| Shcrin, do, hereby, proclaim ana make known,
/ the qualified voters of Medicine Lodge town
| ship, in said county, at the usual vot-
! ing place in said township on
! MONDAY, TIE slST DAY OF FEBRU AIRY, 1887,
upon the proposition as set FORTH in the said
| order of said Board of County Commissioners
| OF said BIrhcr county, Kansas, and in the
manner and form as therein set forth, and that
| said election will be held, the returns made
ana the result aScertaincd in the same manner
Us Is provided by law for general elections.
! Done Mt my office, in the City of Medicine
| Lodge, In said county OF Barber, this 18th, day
| of January. \. ID. 1897.
CHARLES u. NELSON,
Sheriff Of Barber County,
! By WM. LINDSEY,
Under Sheriff.